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About Georgia Death Certificates

The State of Georgia did not maintain death certificates until 1919. However, many old newspapers did, and these events were thoroughly mixed and scattered throughout each day's paper. Some of these death inscriptions were discovered during the 1960's in old court houses, newspaper offices and libraries and were extracted by Jeannette Holland Austin. Most of them did not survive. That makes this extraction a valuable resource.

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Adair, Mary Jane Alexander, Sarah 1928 Allen, David 1928 Ariail, Robert L. 1927 Ash, Mary Jane 1928 Atkinson, Eugene Ayer, T. Ayers, Billa 1928 Ayers, H. F. (Mrs.) 1928 Ayers, Robert 1928 Ayers, Robert L. 1928 Bagwell, J. P. (Mrs.) 1927 Baily, Marry E. 1927 Baker, Gerlin 1928 Banister, Jesse Oliver 1928 Barnes, Edna Jane 1927 Bearden, Eugene Edwin 1927 Beatenbaugh infant 1928 Belk, Elmer Doyle 1926 Belk, Norman Francis 1927 Bellamy, Morris 1928 Bennett, Hiram 1928 Bennett, James W. 1927 Bennette, Emerson 1928 Bergman, William Henry 1928 Bickers, Margaret Gentry (1952) Blackwell, Louise 1928 Boggs, Esther 1928 Bond, Liddie 1927 Bond, W. J. 1926 Bratcher, Morris 1928 Bratcher, Polly 1928 Brawner, Elizabeth 1928 Brawner, Lewis 1928 Bray infant 1928 Bray, Lucy 1927 Brock, Frank 1928 Broom, Erice Maxwell 1928 Brown, Henry 1928 Brown infant 1928 Brown, Jim O. 1928 Brown, R. V. Browning, Willie Ann (Mrs.) Bryant, Willie 1928 Buffington, Gertrude 1928 Bullard, Rufus Burgess, Sis Burns, Rubby Nell Bush, Bob Bush, H. J. Cabe, Marie Avalina Canon, Keith Cassidy, John William (1935) Canon, Keith Carey, James Franklin Carey infant Carson, Hershel F. Caswell, Clyde Belmont, DeKalb County (1959) Cawthorn, Frank Lee Chambliss, Joel Chambliss, Lizzie Chappeleur, Nettie Laura Chastain, L. A. (Mrs.) Cheek, Lizzie Clements, Jane Coffee, Mattie Low Cox, Joshua Parker Cramer, Harry Morrison Crankston, Eva Nelle Crider, Jim Crinkleton, Albert Gay Crow, Nancy Jane Dalrymple child Dave, Lessie Davis, Mary Dean, Gertrude Dowell, Hawey Lee Dowell, Mary Alice Dudley, Elizabeth Jane Durrell, Jessie Mae (Mrs.) Evans, Charles Crawford Evans, Homer James Evans, Mary Chambliss Frady, Martha Addeline Gentry, Drewey McVay (1935) Gillispie, Annie Lavine Ginn, Marry Sue Glover, Nancy Gunnells, Margie Gunnells, Mary Hayes, Louise Heaton, John Daniel Heaton, Paul, Jr. Hill, Edward Holland, Antenette Hopkins, William A. Howe, Simon George Hyde, Frances D. James, N. C. (Mrs.) Jones, D. L. Jones, John Thomas Jones, Josie Jones, Lula Elizabeth Jones, William Herschel Jordan, Francis Effie Jordan, J. M. Kelley, Sarah F. Kimsey, Rose Martin, Lucy M. Massey infant Massey, Sarah Francis Mauldin, C. O. Mayfield, Odell Maxwell, Clarence Green McDaniel, James McDuffie, Margaret Mewborn, Sallie Duncan Milican, W. L. Mize, Sarah America Mize, Warren L. Montgomery, Ward Moon, Beard Moret, Clora Morgan, Lula Bennett Moss, F. G. (Dr.) Neal, Morris Owens, Willie Lee Morris Parker, Lince (Mrs.) Partain, Julia Ann Patterson infant Payne, Ossie People, Martha Phillips, Dee Phillips infant Phillips, Leo F. Pinkston, Lizer Poole, Rosia Power, Merla Grace Pulliam, Martha Susan Pylant, Joseph Rampley, Harriett W. Rampley, Ottis Ramply, Ben H. Ramsey, Maridy Randall, Carrie Ray Roach, Winford Roberts, Harrison Roberts, Leo William Roebuck, Crote Rucker, J. C. Savage, Eloise Scarboro, Claudie P. Scott, C. Knoxros Scott, Ralph Sealock, Laura Annie Segars infant Sewell, Emma Shiflet, Lizer Simmons, Lois Marie Sinyard, Georgia Ann Sinyard, Louvie Mae Sinyard, Minnie Sinyard, Radford F. Smith infant Smith, Elizabeth Smith, P. A. (Mrs.) Starr, John Travis Stovall, George N. Stovall, Janse Teasley, Raymond Terrell, Aaron, Rev. Thomason, P. W. Thrasher, Mary Thurman, John Thomas Tomlin, Vivian Ann Turman, Mary Tyner, William Edward Varner infant Varner, Georgia E. Varner, John S. Vaughn, Ace Lee Vaughn, Al (Mrs.) Vaughn, Alvin D. Vernon, Oscar Wade Vickery, J. C. (Mrs.) Vickery, Martha J. Walters, Alford Watkins, Felton O. Webb, Joseph Wheeler, Mattie White, Will P. Whitlock, Madira Addielee Whitworth, Katie Whitzel, Doris Emily Wilkinson, Elihu Wilkinson, Sarah Williams, Marie Wilmot, Gatha Wood, Mildred Georgian

Deaths as Evidenced by Deeds and Other Documents (1786-1810) - SEE Names (below). This is just a beginning. New names are added periodically Abercrombie, William C. Atchinson, James Ayers, Abraham Baker, Charles Barksdale, John Barnett, William Barrow, James Battle, John Beale, Joseph Beasley, Richard Beddingfield, John Benton, Aaron Bishop, James Blanchard, Reuben Boon, Thomas Boran, Joseph Boyd, Edward Boyd, John Boykin, Wm P. Broom, Burrell Bull, Eli Bullock, Archibald Burns, Jane Burson, JoNathan Burton, __ Butler, Noble Camble, Jesse Candler, John K. Carmichell, Joseph Carson, John Chapman, Labourn Childree, William Clark, Gilbert Coke, Nathaniel Coleman, Daniel Cromley, Valentine Cooper, James Culbreath, Peter Currie, John Darden, Stephen Drake, Sherrid Dryden, John Duberry, Jesse Felps, William Flourney, Jacob Forsyth, Robert Franklin, William Fuller, Thomas Galphin, George Galphin, William Germany, William Glascock, William Goodwin, Peter Greer, Robert, Senr. Guardian, James Gurley, Lazarus Gusland or Gusling, William Guy, widow Hadden, William Hardin, Thomas Hart, Samuelt Harton, Thomas Hawthorne, George Hay, John Hays, John Heath, Nathan Heath, Richard Helton, Samuel Herald, Zechariah Hifflin, James Hiles, Adam Hill, Joshua Hill, Richard Hill, Thomas Holliday, Ambrose Hollingshead_____ Howard, A. Lemuel Hutchinson, John Jarnett, Alexander Jones, Aquilla Jones, Henry Jones, James Kelly, John Kempsey, Archibald Kenon, James Kilgore, Ralph Killebrew, Wiggins Knight, Stephen Lawson, Adam Lee, Greenberry Lee, Richard Lethgo, Andrew Linn, Charles, Sr. Linn, John Lucas, William Malcom,____ Mandue, Henry Marshall, Daniel May, James May, John McClendon, Isaac McFarland, William McKay, James McKinley, William Mendinghall, Marmaduke Mitchell, Abner Mitchell, Thomas Moore, Mordecai Morris, William Murphy, Edward Musgrove, Harrison Myrick, Owen Napper, Drury Napper, James Neal, Samuel Neal, Thomas Neves, Daniel Newman, Samuelt Newsom, John Newsom, Solomon, Jr. Norman, William Nusam, David Oliver, Francis Parham, Thomas Parker, James Parker, John Parker, William Pate, John Pattillo, John Persons, Josiah Pilcher, William Powell, widow Pruitt, Levi Robarts, John Robertson, David Roper, James Rosborough, George Rose, William Roquemore, James Rutherford, Samuelt Scrugs, James Sell, Thomas Shaw, Thomas, Jr. Shield, William Simms, John Sinn, Fugus Slaughter, John Slocum, Samuelt Smith, Ebenezer Smith, Nathaniel Alexander Sterns (Starns?), Ebenezer Stewart, John Story, Robert Stowe, Micajah Strother, William Tarvin, William Thatcher, Daniel, Rev. Thomas, John Thweatts (Threewitts?), Joel Tripp, John Upton,___________ Vance, James Vaughn, Alexander Vernon, James Vining, Jephthah Waggoner, Henry Walker, Joel Wall, Susannah, widow Westmoreland, Isham Weston, Nathan Wheeler, Sion Williams, Elijah Williams, Ezekiel Williamson, Thomas Womack, William Woodward, Francis Wright, Samuelt Wynne, John

Obituaries from Newspapers 1740-1935

Generally, the University of Georgia has microfilmed a wide collection of newspapers, which can be ordered as part of the inter-library loan system. The following is a listing of newspapers extracted for vital information. The obituaries (death records) from the following newspapers have been extracted
Albany Herald 1855-56 Albany Patriot 1855-56,59-60 American Patriot 1818 Andersonville Prison 1864 American Union 1854-55,69 Atlanta Constitution 1868-84,1887 Atlanta Constitution 1890-92,1911 Atlanta Daily Sun 1872 Atlanta Georgian 1905-10 Augusta Chronicle & Gazette 1790-02 Banner Messenger 1891-92, 95-97 Brunswick Advertiser 1875 Brunswick Advocate 1837 Bulloch Times 1893-98, 1905 Bulloch County Herald 1898-99 Campbell News 1898 Carroll Co. Times 1872-77 Cartersville Sentinel 1874 Central Georgian 1852-57 Cherokee Phenix 1828-29 Christian Index 1833-37 Christian Index & Sou. Miscell.1833-34 Columbian Museum & Savannah Adv,1802-18 Columbus Enquirer 1835-36,42-50 Columbus Times 1845 Covington Star 1885-04 Daily Journal & Messenger 1860-1865 Dallas New Era 1893-96,03 Darien Gazette 1819-25 Darien Timber Gazette 1874 Dahlonega Nugget 1890, 97, 99 DeKalb Chronicle 1885-86 Dublin Post 1878-81 Federal Union 1830-32 Gazette of State of Georgia 1783-84 Georgia Enterprise 1868-85 Georgia Gazette 1774-86,93-02 Georgia Journal 1835-36 Georgia Messenger 1825-31 Georgia Journal & Messenger 1852-53 Georgia Messenger 1840 Georgia Repub & State Intellenger 1804-5 Glascock Banner 1895 Herald & Advertiser 1888 Hinesville Gazette 1876 LaGrange Reporter 1870 Louisville Gazette 1799-03 Louisville Gazette & Repub Trumpet 1800-1 Macon Daily Journal 1865-66 Marietta Daily Journal 1889 Macon Georgia Telegraph 1836-43 Macon Telegraph 1936 Madison Family Visitor 1856 Meriwether Vindicator 1873 Messenger 1823-24 Milledgeville Journal 1809-12 Monroe Messenger 1898 Oglethorpe Echo 1878 Paulding New Era 1883-34 Public Intellenger 1807-08 Repub & Savannah Evening Ledger 1809-10 Rome Tribute 1902 Rome Weekly Courier 1859 Rural Cabinet 1828-1830 Sandersville Progress 1899 Savannah Gazette 1790-1792 Southern Banner 1832-48, 55 Southern Cent. & Universal Gazette 1793-11 Southern Christian Advocate 1837-42,71-72 Southern Miscellany 1842-1844 Southern Patriot 1804-1805 South Georgia Times 1868 Southern Recorder 1823-1842 Standard & Express 1873 Statesboro News 1894,1901 The Constitution 1885 The Sun 1881-1894 Walton News 1891 Walton County Vidette 1881 Walker Co. Messenger 1916-1921 Waynesboro News 1858-1859 Weekly Gazette 1868-1869 Weekly News 1882-1885 Weekly Ga Constitutionalist & Repub. 1851 Wire-Grass Reporter 1857

Georgia Pioneers was developed by Jeannette Holland Austin to share information preserved over a 40-year period. It contains traced genealogies, probate records, confederate deaths, revolutionary war pensions, cemeteries, obituaries, marriages, census, cherokees, births, school graduates, etc.
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